E-books……The best way to learn is reading books everyday…..Yes it is, but it can be an old book or an e-book. In BNHS, we are challenged by the21st century learners who prefer and choose the new one because of the many advantages and uses of this. E-books deals with many benefits to users, itis very easy to access and provide active connection among other books. It offers an inclusive and interesting teaching and learning opportunities, yet the e-book technology is just starting to be discovered. There is still shortage of consensus in regards to the real benefits of e-books over the old paper books and libraries today must improve guidelines, techniques, and technologies to deal with e-books and be able to cope this electronic challenge successfully.
In line with the space limitations faced by many libraries especially at BNHS, maybe e-books shown to be a great means to store and systematize information, it is a much easier work for me as a public school librarian, less original paper collections less work. Thousands of books can be stored in just one computer that can be accessed by many students of BNHS. In addition, this provide the users or the students with up-to-date content and full-time availability. And regardless of this, the role of e-book is being more importantly accessed than other book collections. In this way, e-books help the mission and vision of libraries in the digital age.
More benefits more advantages and uses, Libraries are mainly changing from simple collections of books to becoming information entry ways with the use of e-books. An easy storage or collections of books that can easily handle and easy access. Thus, this fact discouraged other people who are traditionally users from buying e-books because they do not find that convenient. Some also talk about the use of different style to implement the e-book technology in libraries, Andin our case at BNHS, the library and net publishers could work hand in hand to provide students with access to e-books. It exemplifies this with the physical library metaphor. When it will be implemented, well of course its only an idea and let’s wait for the school future plans for an e-book collections.
By: Anne Madelin E. Viray
